Sweet Treat For Sugar Growers Hidden In Farm Bill

Mon, 02 Sep 2013 04:11:01 CDTBy: HPM's Bill Wheelhouse

The average American consumes nearly 40-pounds of refined sugar a year. And behind all those sweet snacks, a stealthy and heated battled is taking place over whether the government should continue to help out sugar growers. Yes, this is a farm bill issue but as Harvest Public Media's Bill Wheelhouse reports, it's one that has a very direct impact on consumers' wallets: